Commonwealth v. Pina

On January 18, 2006, New Bedford police officers executed a search warrant for the defendant’s residence at 984 *654Sharon Street, apartment L.1 From the apartment, police seized 212 grams of cocaine, $1,650 in cash, a quantity of marijuana, and various other instrumentalities of the drug trade.

Following his indictment on charges of trafficking in cocaine in excess of 200 grams, the defendant moved to suppress the evidence seized from his apartment. A Superior Court judge concluded that the affidavit submitted in support of the search warrant application failed to furnish probable cause to search…